War Daddy

It won't necessarily be fair, but John McCain will look bad. If he is elected president he will have to accept responsibility whether or not his sons fight in Iraq.

If they don't serve the Iraq rotation with their units — a la Prince Harry — his influence and integrity will be questioned. If they stay and fight, their presence (in theory, at least) causes the potential for greater harm to those around them. And as a dad he has to suffer the possibilities if they fight in a war that fighting alone is unlikely to end.

He served as his father did and brought great prestige home, although he survived horrific tortures to earn it. The fate awaiting a possible president's sons will be ...?

** Children often lose their fathers to war whether or not injury is involved. **